Category Archives: AgS4

AGS4 retrograde begins

When I purchased the black Avant S4 I had in mind to continue modification efforts with it, and to return the Silver S4 back to a near stock condition for putting it up for sale.

One of the first alterations that I had made to the Silver S4 was to swap out the interior woodgrain door cards for the aluminum trim from my Santorin S4.   Since the woodgrain door cards have the Bose speakers, and my Santorin S4 did not, I figured the woodgrain with Bose speakers would be preferable when the car is to be sold.

So today I swapped out the driver’s side door cards, reinstalling the original woodgrain style.

Just about ready

I finished the bulk of the prep work for the next engine removal.  I just have a few more parts to disconnect before I’ll be ready to bring in the engine hoist.

Almost ready for the engine hoist
Almost ready for the engine hoist

Taking a Nogaro break

Now that I’m able to drive the Nogaro enough to get it out of the garage and into the driveway I decided to take a break from the wonder of dealing with that car.

silver_s4_again

I brought my Silver S4 in and will be swapping back in the BorgWarner K04’s so I can continue recording some performance data that I did not collect the last time they were in the car.

silver_s4_progress

I’m enjoying taking the car apart and not encountering any surprises.